History OneSceneWonder / Religion

** [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus Longinus, the Roman soldier who stabbed Christ with a spear]] takes this UpToEleven. [[UpToEleven Dude doesn’t even get a]] ''[[UpToEleven name]]'' [[UpToEleven in the Bible]], yet he is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Armenian Apostolic Church. Almost everything about him comes from extra-Biblical sources and various theologians. And the spear he stabbed Jesus with has become famous in its own right as the [[PublicDomainArtifact Spear of Destiny]], which has been sought after by everyone from Crusader knights to the Nazis and appears all over the place in fiction.

** Serah is a two-scene wonder. In Genesis she is listed among Jacob's descendents going down to Egypt--notably, she seems to be [[OutnumberedSibling the only girl (possibly aside from Dinah) among more than fifty grandsons]]. Later the Book of Numbers lists the various clans who left Egypt and, instead of mentioning her descendents, simply says "and Serah was the daughter of Asher." This has led to the interpretation that she lived through the whole, centuries-long Egyptian diaspora and returned to the Holy Land, spawning Jewish legends of her being immortal. Later unnamed women in the Bible, such as the Wise Woman of Abel, are sometimes said to be Serah.

** [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus Longinus, the Roman soldier who stabbed Christ with a spear]] takes this UpToEleven. [[UpToEleven Dude doesn’t even get a]] ''[[UpToEleven name]]'' [[UpToEleven in the Bible]], yet he is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Armenian Apostolic Church. Almost everything about him comes from extra-Biblical sources and various theologians. And the spear he stabbed Jesus with has become famous in its own right as the [[PublicDomainArtifact Spear of Destiny]].

** Abraham (then called Abram) was blessed by a high-priest of God named Melchizedek. Where he came from is not entirely clear, but other lines in the Bible point him out as being a higher priesthood than the Levites.

** [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus Longinus, the Roman soldier who stabbed Christ with a spear.]] [[UpToEleven Dude doesn’t even get a]] ''[[UpToEleven name]]'' in the Bible, yet he is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Armenian Apostolic Church. Almost everything about him comes from extra-Biblical sources and various theologians. And the spear he stabbed Jesus with has become famous in its own right as the [[PublicDomainArtifact Spear of Destiny]].

** [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus Longinus, the Roman soldier who stabbed Christ with a spear.]] [[UpToEleven Dude doesn’t even get a]] ''[[UpToEleven name]]'' in the Bible, yet he is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Armenian Apostolic Church. Almost everything about him comes from extra-Biblical sources and various theologians. And the spear he stabbed Christ with has become famous in its own right as the [[PublicDomainArtifact Spear of Destiny]].

** [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus Longinus, the Roman soldier who stabbed Christ with a spear.]] [[UpToEleven Dude doesn’t even get a]] [[UpToEleven ''name'']] in the Bible, yet he is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Armenian Apostolic Church. Almost everything about him comes from extra-Biblical sources and various theologians. And the spear he stabbed Christ with has become famous in its own right as the [[PublicDomainArtifact Spear of Destiny]].

** [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus Longinus, the Roman soldier who stabbed Christ with a spear.]] [[UpToEleven Dude doesn’t even get a]] [[UpToEleven ''name'']] in the Bible, yet he is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Armenian Apostolic Church. Almost everything about him comes from extra-Biblical sources and various theologians. And the spear he stabbed Christ with has become famous in its own right as the [[Public Domain Artifact Spear of Destiny]].

** Serah is a two-scene wonder. In Genesis she is listed among Jacob's descendents going down to Egypt--notably, she seems to be [[OutnumberedSibling the only girl among more than fifty grandsons]]. Later the Book of Numbers lists the various clans who left Egypt and, instead of mentioning her descendents, simply says "and Serah was the daughter of Asher." This has led to the interpretation that she lived through the whole, centuries-long Egyptian diaspora and returned to the Holy Land, spawning Jewish legends of her being immortal. Later unnamed women in the Bible, such as the Wise Woman of Abel, are sometimes said to be Serah.
** Dinah, Jacob's only known daughter. She only gets one scene wherein she is [[RapeAsDrama raped by the Schechemite prince]] and then [[RapeAndRevenge avenged by her brothers]], and it's not known what becomes of her afterwards.

** Another from the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'': A Canaanite PriestKing named Melchiezedek. He is noted for giving Abraham and Sarah some food and blessing them, and for acknowledging their {{God}}. Although it's not clear whether Melchiezedek was a ''true'' monotheist, or whether he merely worshipped El as [[KingOfGods the chief deity of a larger pantheon]]. He's sometimes considered to be an early stand-in for {{Jesus}}, especially since some deuterocanonical sources like the Dead Sea Scrolls portray him as a powerful angel, performing duties more commonly ascribed to Jesus (judging the dead) and ArchangelMichael (battling {{Satan}}).

** Another from the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'': A Canaanite PriestKing named Melchiezedek. He is noted for giving Abraham and Sarah some food and blessing them, and for acknowledging their {{God}}. Although it's not clear whether Melchiezedek was a ''true'' monotheist, or whether he merely worshipped El as [[KingOfGods the chief deity of a larger pantheon]]. He's sometimes considered to be an early stand-in for {{Jesus}}.

** Another from the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'': A Canaanite PriestKing named Melchiezedek. He is noted for giving Abraham and Sarah some food and blessing them, and for acknowledging their {{God}}. Although it's not clear whether Melchiezedek was a ''true'' monotheist, or whether he merely worshipped El as the chief deity of a larger pantheon. He's sometimes considered to be an early stand-in for {{Jesus}}.

* Another from the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'': A Canaanite PriestKing named Melchiezedek. He is noted for giving Abraham and Sarah some food and blessing them, and for acknowledging their {{God}}. Although it's not clear whether Melchiezedek was a ''true'' monotheist, or whether he merely worshipped El as the chief deity of a larger pantheon. He's sometimes considered to be an early stand-in for {{Jesus}}.

* Dinah, Jacob's only known daughter. She only gets one scene wherein she is [[RapeAsDrama raped by the Schechemite prince]] and then [[RapeAndRevenge avenged by her brothers]], and it's not known what becomes of her afterwards.

* An OlderThanFeudalism example from ''Literature/TheBible'' itself. Very little is actually written about St. Joseph of Nazareth, the husband and protector of the Virgin Mary and the adoptive father of Christ, and little is known of the past of this "just man". Still, his importance is well-recognized. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran faiths. In Catholic and other traditions, he is the patron saint of workers and has several feast days. In 1870, Pope Pius IX declared him to be the patron saint and protector of the Catholic Church.

* An OlderThanFeudalism example from ''TheBible'' itself. Very little is actually written about St. Joseph of Nazareth, the husband and protector of the Virgin Mary and the adoptive father of Christ, and little is known of the past of this "just man". Still, his importance is well-recognized. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran faiths. In Catholic and other traditions, he is the patron saint of workers and has several feast days. In 1870, Pope Pius IX declared him to be the patron saint and protector of the Catholic Church.